Experiment 68731
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Panax ginseng (ARALIACEAE) |
| Citation | FALENI,R: SOLDATI,F: CHOSIDOW,O:. (1996). GINSENG AS CAUSE OF STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME?. 348(9022) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A COMMENT ON THE CASE REPORT THAT GINSENG MAY CAUSE STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNBROME. THE PRODUCT WAS NEVER IDENTIFIED AS PANAX GINSENG. BECAUSE SJS AND TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS (TEN) ARE RELATED TO TOXIC ADMINISTRATION, MAINLY OF A DRUG, WE POSTULATED THAT GINSENG COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ILLNESS. THE PATIENT STOPPED ASPIRIN, LOCAL ANTIBIOTICS (AMYLMETACRESOL, TYROCHRICIN), AND VITAMIN C 6 DAYS BEFORE THE ONSET OF SJS. THESE DRUGS HAVE SHORT PLASMA HALF-LIVES OR ARE NOT ABSORBED BY THE INTESTINE; THEREFORE, THEY COULD NOT BE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF SJS. INDEED, GINSENG WAS THE SOLE DRUG TAKEN AT THAT TIME. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ROOT |
| Gender | MALE |